CONCORD — Craig Keville will continue to serve his life sentence for killing ex-girlfriend Holly Banks and Keith LaBelle after the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled the state presented enough evidence to convict.
Keville, 37, denies he snuck into Bank’s apartment in the early morning hours of April 27, 2022, before shooting her and LaBelle. And while there was no direct physical evidence or witnesses tying him to the murders, the unanimous Supreme Court opinion found the state’s circumstantial evidence sufficient.
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